Pipe-tamper, &amp;c.



'P. DODGE. PIPE TAMPBR, 6w. APPLICATION PILED P118, 1911.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912;

UNITE STATES PATENT oFFioE.

PICKERING DODGE, OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA.

PIPE-TAMPER, 8w.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

Application filed september 18, 1911. Serial No. 649,902.

be packed in the bowl of a pipe to insure a.

proper combustion. It is also a well known fact that tobacco thus used burns outwardly from the center insteadof vice versa. It also happens when pipes are being used that tobacco or other pieces of obstruction become lodged within the pipe stem adjacent the bowl and thereby prevent the free passage of smoke through the stem.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a tool, by means of which the tobacco in the pipe bowl may not only be compacted, but will be compacted in a manner to convex the upper portion thereof so that when the tobacco is lighted, the same will be insured the proper combustion.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for the purpose described which is provided with a hollow extension, constituting a hand-piece, which is adapted. to receive and retain against accidental displacement, a tool adapted to pierce or penetrate the tobacco in the bowl and assist in removing any obstruction which may be present at that'end of the stem.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described in which a finger-piece is connected to the tobacco piercing tool which will form a contact piece for the operators finger, in using the device as a whole as a tobacco tamper.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described, in which the hollow hand-piece and the finger-piece of the tool are formed in such a manner that when the same are assembled the tool may be easily and quickly withdrawn from its holder.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device for the purpose described which is composed of a minimum number of parts, is therefore simple in construction and is cheap to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificingv any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing :F igure 1 is a perspec tive view of the device showing the parts in assembled relation. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the tobacco tamper, showing the same associated with a pipe,

and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the tobacco penetrating tool.

Like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the invention comprises a circular head 5, which is pro-/ vided on one side with a concaved face 6.,

Extending centrally from the head 5, opposite the face 6, is.a stem 7, which constitutes a hand-piece. This hand-piece is provided.

with a narrow elongated opening 8, which terminates as at 9 and near the head 5. Formed in the stem 7 at its free end is an enlarged and preferably circular opening 10 having a vertical wall 11. This wall 11 terminates in an inwardly tapering wall 12 which communicates with the outer end of the opening 8 and forms a guide for a purpose hereinafter described. The outer face 13 of the stem in inwardly curved as indicated at 14: and this curve merges with the outer edge of the wall 11.

The invention further comprises a tobacco piercing tool which consists of an elongated and relatively thin stem 15 which is formed at one end with a point 16 and terminates at its other end in a finger-piece 17. The stem and the finger-piece are preferably integral and formed of aluminum or other suitable material. The finger-piece 17 is preferably spherical in shape and terminates adjacent the stem 15 in a tapering shank 18, the smaller end thereof being disposed adjacent the said stem. The larger end 19 of said shank is formed with a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the opening 10 of the hand-piece 7. Thus it will be observed that when the parts are being assembled, the point 16 will be inserted in the opening 10 and upon inner movement, the said point will, of course, engage the tapering wall 12 which will ing and thereby securely retain the tool in position. It Will also be observed that i when I the parts are thus assembled, the

curved outer face 14 of the stem 7 and the spherical shape of the finger-piece 17 of the tool will coact to form a circumferential recess, whereby the withdrawing of the tool from the stem 7 will be greatly facilitated by reason'of the fingers of the operator being permitted to easily engage the fingerpiece 17.

When the parts are assembled, the fingerpiece 17 serves to form a support for the operators finger, when the device is being used as a tobacco tamper. The stem 15 can thus be quickly withdrawn from its holder and then the same can be used to pierce the tobacco in a bowl for the purpose of removing any obstruction which may be lodged in the inlet end of the pipe stem.

By reason of the fact that the face 6 of the head 5 is concaved, the tobacco will be correspondingly shaped and this will necessarily cause the tobacco to have the proper combustion.

The piercing tool can also be used to Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, 6.

loosen up the ashes left in the bowl so that the said ashes may be easily removed. Furthermore, it will be observed that by reason of the lower face of the head being concaved, the tool may be carried in the pocket without soiling the lining.

What I claim is In combination with a circular head having a concaved under surface, of a handpiece extending centrally from the upper surface of the head and provided with an elongated longitudinal opening terminating near said head, said hand-piece being further provided at its outer end with an enlarged opening having a vertical wall, said. wall terminating in an inwardly tapering wall forming a guide and communicating with the said elongated opening, a finger-piece for the hand-piece having a tapering shank adaptedto frictionally engage the vertical wall of the enlarged opening of the said hand-piece, and an elongated pointed stem extending from the shank into the longitudinal opening of said hand-piece.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

.PICKEBING DODGE.

Witnesses:

Ross H. JOHNSON, HIRAM E. JorrNsoN.

Commissioner of Patents, 

